Eblaite

Extinct Semitic language spoken in Ebla

Also known as Eblan · Eblaite language · Paleo Syrian

Subclass of: East Semitic
Script: cuneiform

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Eblaite, or Palaeosyrian, is an extinct East Semitic language used during the 3rd millennium BC in Northern Syria. It was named after the ancient city of Ebla, in modern western Syria. Variants of the language were also spoken in Mari and Nagar. According to Cyrus H. Gordon, although scribes might have spoken it sometimes, Eblaite was probably not spoken much, being rather a written lingua franca with East and West Semitic features.

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1 linked to Eblaite in Wikidata

cuneiform-299 · ancient writing system used for many languages, including Akkadian and Hittite

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21 statements · 33% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Country: Ebla

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15 identifiers linking Eblaite across the web's reference databases

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